macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gaulocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gauMacPorts ports tree · www/gau/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install gau with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix
Open Threat Exchange, Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl URL fetcher. Version 2.2.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gaunixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ga/gau/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Open Threat Exchange, Wayback Machine, and Common Crawl URL fetcher
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gau
history
Project history and usage
getallurls, commonly packaged as `gau`, is a reconnaissance CLI that fetches known URLs for domains from AlienVault Open Threat Exchange, the Wayback Machine, Common Crawl, and URLScan. It is aimed at security researchers and bug bounty workflows that need historical and third-party URL discovery.
Project history
The project was created in February 2020 and reached a v1.0 release in April 2020. The README says gau was inspired by Tomnomnom's `waybackurls`, and the v2.0.4 release in November 2021 introduced a rewrite with speed improvements, a new URLScan provider, configuration-file loading, new filters, and SOCKS5 proxy support.
Adoption history
Official installation options include `go install`, cloning and building from source, downloading GitHub release binaries, and Docker. The input curation also records Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix package availability, showing the tool's spread through common security-tool package channels.
How it is used
gau accepts domains from arguments or stdin and can run with worker threads, write results to a file, filter by extensions, status codes, MIME types, date ranges, providers, and proxy settings, and output JSON. It automatically looks for `$HOME/.gau.toml` or `%USERPROFILE%\.gau.toml` unless an alternate config is supplied.
Why package nerds care
gau is package-nerd-significant because it turns multiple web-archive and threat-intelligence sources into a composable Unix-style CLI. Its short name also collides with an oh-my-zsh git alias, a small but memorable packaging and shell-environment wrinkle documented by the project.
Timeline
- 2020: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2020: v1.0 released.
- 2021: v2.0.4 rewrite release added URLScan, config loading, filters, and SOCKS5 proxy support.
- 2024: v2.2.4 release published.
Related projects
- gau is inspired by Tomnomnom's `waybackurls` and depends conceptually on AlienVault OTX, the Wayback Machine, Common Crawl, and URLScan as URL providers.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.gau.toml- Windows
%USERPROFILE%\.gau.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gau | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.2.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.2.4
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gau |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gau |
| Homepage | https://github.com/lc/gau |
| Repository | https://github.com/lc/gau |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/lc/gau#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/lc/gau/archive/refs/tags/v2.2.4.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gau |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
gau
nix profile install nixpkgs#gau- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gau
MacPorts95%
gau
sudo port install gau- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gau
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment